{"id":30913,"date":"2012-01-22T12:21:19","date_gmt":"2012-01-22T10:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=30913"},"modified":"2012-01-23T12:10:22","modified_gmt":"2012-01-23T10:10:22","slug":"gaming-hardware-you-dont-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/30913-gaming-hardware-you-dont-need","title":{"rendered":"Gaming hardware you don’t need"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a gamer, there are certain items you need that a normal PC user wouldn\u2019t. A high-end graphics card for example, a gaming keyboard and gaming mouse, even a high-end screen.<\/p>\n

Manufacturers know this, and so a dedicated range of gaming products are now available to fill the gap in the market. However, every now and then, manufacturers push their luck, by slapping the word \u201cgaming\u201d in front of hardware you don\u2019t need.<\/p>\n

We take a look at five examples of “gaming” hardware that you should probably avoid.<\/p>\n

Cyborg AMBX-enabled gaming lights<\/h3>\n

Cyborg wants us to party like its 1999! The only problem is its 2012. These gaming lights are supposed to create an immersive surround gaming experience and \u201cbring the game into your world\u201d. Tracking your enemies\u2019 gunfire is another feature of the Cyborg gaming lights, though if I\u2019m honest, I\u2019d rather be shooting at things in game than looking at pretty lights outside of it.<\/p>\n

\"Cyborg<\/a>

Cyborg AMBX gaming lights, time to party up in here!<\/p><\/div>\n

Thermaltake eSport gaming glove<\/h3>\n

Thermaltake, Michael Jackson is disappointed. If you\u2019re going to sell a single glove, you have to cover it in diamante and make it glitterific.<\/p>\n

That said, I don\u2019t see the point of a gaming glove. If your hand is slipping off your mouse, you should probably get a new mouse. Or turn the aircon on.<\/p>\n

\"Thermaltake<\/a>

Warning, glove to be used for playing games only. No funny stuff.<\/p><\/div>\n

Zalman FPS gun<\/h3>\n

Have you seen how stupid this thing looks? Why would you shell out for a dumb looking mouse that is a total departure from the regular mouse form factor?<\/p>\n

Zalman claims that the FPS gun provides you with a more immersive experience, but we all know the truth. The only people who bought the FPS gun were 60 year olds buying something \u201chip and funky\u201d to give little Johnny for Christmas.<\/p>\n

\"Zalman<\/a>

Zalman FPS gun; I don't even.<\/p><\/div>\n

Any branded peripherals<\/h3>\n

Battlefield 3 all over my mouse? A keyboard with Tron lighting? Modern Warfare 3 splashed over my headphones? Nice, but don\u2019t buy any of the above.<\/p>\n

Paying more for gear due to the branding is daylight robbery, especially if the branded peripheral is identical to a regular peripheral minus a few stickers or a lick of paint. If the branded gear sells for the same price as the regular edition though, then it\u2019s fair game.<\/p>\n

\"Razer<\/a>

Look at that sexy lick of paint, totally worth R500 more<\/p><\/div>\n

Nearly any PC component with the word \u201cGaming\u201d in its description<\/h3>\n

Dedicated gaming components are a cut above regular components when it comes to mice, keyboards and sometimes headphones. However when manufacturers put the word gaming in front of RAM and PC cases, it\u2019s time to jump ship.<\/p>\n

Gaming RAM will have next to no benefit over similar specced performance RAM, and the term \u201cgaming case\u201d is usually a synonym for lots of cheap plastic and poor build quality. And lights, lots of lights.<\/p>\n

\"Kingmax<\/a>

Kingmax gaming RAM, because every self respecting gamer needs some gaming RAM<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Forget the marketing, you don\u2019t need these<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":169,"featured_media":30921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,7],"tags":[1777,2012,21,1883,2011],"class_list":["post-30913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-hardware","tag-cyborg","tag-gaming-hardware","tag-headline","tag-thermaltake","tag-zalman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30913"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31190,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30913\/revisions\/31190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}